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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      2766. William Whiting8 Bemis (Aaron7, Phillip6, Zaccheus5, Phillip4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Joseph1)11550 was born 14 May 1842 in Windham. Vermont.11550. He married (1) Henrietta Burke Clarke11551, daughter of David Clarke and Henrietta. She was born 11 Feb 1861 in Concord, NH11551. He married (2) Hannah Agnes Clarke11551 04 Aug 1869 in Townsend, Vermont.11551, daughter of Chase Clarke and Hannah Ober. She was born 22 Jan 1846 in Townsend, Vermont.11551, and died 07 Jan 1884 in Allston, Mass.11551.

More About William Bemis and Hannah Clarke:
Marriage: 04 Aug 1869, Townsend, Vermont.11551
     
Children of William Bemis and Hannah Clarke are:
  4431 i.   Blanche Agnes9 Bemis11551, born 19 Dec 1870 in Allston, Mass.11551.
  4432 ii.   Alice Clarke Bemis11551, born 29 Oct 1875 in Allston, Mass.11551; died 08 Nov 189311551.
  4433 iii.   Annie Louise Bemis11551, born 29 Oct 1875 in Allston, Mass.11551; died 06 Feb 187711551.
  4434 iv.   Florence Tracy Bemis11551, born 28 Nov 1878 in Allston, Mass.11551.


      2767. Harriet M.8 Bemis (Aaron7, Phillip6, Zaccheus5, Phillip4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Joseph1)11552 was born 18 Sep 1844 in Windham. Vermont.11552. She married William H. Holton11552 22 Oct 1865 in Windham, Vermont.11552, son of Jacob Holton and Parmelia Knowlton.

More About William Holton and Harriet Bemis:
Marriage: 22 Oct 1865, Windham, Vermont.11552
     
Children of Harriet Bemis and William Holton are:
  4435 i.   Charles Warren9 Holton11552, born 24 Jan 1867 in Jamaica, Vermont.11552.
  4436 ii.   Grace Luene Holton11552, born 28 Sep 1868 in Jamaica, Vermont.11552. She married Edwin D. Washburne11552 22 Oct 189211552.
  More About Edwin D. Washburne:
Residence: Of New York City11552

  More About Edwin Washburne and Grace Holton:
Marriage: 22 Oct 189211552

  4437 iii.   Ellen Frances Holton11552, born 04 Jul 1874 in Jamaica, Vermont.11552.
  4438 iv.   Herbert Miles Holton11552, born 01 Jul 1876 in Jamaica, Vermont.11552.


      2773. Stephen Allen8 Bemis (Stephen7, Stephen6, Zaccheus5, Phillip4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Joseph1)11553,11554 was born 06 Feb 1828 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts11555, and died 27 Sep 1919 in San Diego, California11556. He married Hannah Jane Thomas11557,11558 31 May 1854 in Chicago, Ill.11559,11560. She was born 27 Jan 1835 in Cazenovia, New York11560, and died 21 Jan 1903 in Seattle, Washington.

Notes for Stephen Allen Bemis:
[Received from Curtis Bemis Jr.]

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/cbemis/1/data/1691
1860 US Census, DeKalb, DeKalb County. IL; p. 352
(House # 3685, Family #167)
Bemis, S. A., age 32, Farmer, b. Mass.
Hannah J., age 25, Housekeeper, b. NY
Fanny, age 4, b. Illinois
Mary E., age 3, b. Illinois
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1880 US Census, Census Place: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254723 National Archives Film T9-0723 Page 95D First Enumeration
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Steven A. BEMISS Self M M W 52 MA
Occ: Dealer In Cotton Fa: --- Mo: ---
Hannah J. BEMISS Wife F M W 43 NY
Occ: Keeping House Fa: --- Mo: ---
Judson S. BEMISS Son M S W 13 CA
Occ: At School Fa: --- Mo: ---
Mary S. BEMISS Dau F S W 11 MO
Occ: At School Fa: --- Mo: ---
Allice R. BEMISS Dau F S W 6 MO
Occ: At Home Fa: --- Mo: ---
Florance E. BEMISS Dau F S W 4 MO
Occ: At Home Fa: --- Mo: ---
Anna RYON Other F S W 18 MO
Occ: Servant Fa: --- Mo: ---
Mary MC CARTHA Other F S W 21 MS
Occ: Servant
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Bemis, Stephen A. Recollections of a Long and Somewhat Unevenful Life
Bemis, Stephen A. Recollections of a Long and Somewhat Unevenful Life. The Torch Press. 1932. First. 92 pp. very good in original pale blue paper on boards that are slightly soiled. Bookseller Inventory # 10423
Price: US$ 25.00 convert currency
Presented by Washington Avenue Books, Inc., Dobbs Ferry, NY, U.S.A.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbk:@field(DOCID+@lit(C174T0 0)):@@@$REF$
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More About Stephen Allen Bemis:
Census: Jun 1860, DeKalb, Dekalb County, Illinois11561,11562
Census1: Jun 1880, St. Louis, Missouri11563,11564
Reference: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/calbkbib:@OR(@field(AUTHOR+@band(Bemis,+Stephen+Allen,+1828-1919+))+@field(OTHER+@band(Bemis,+Stephen+Allen,+1828-1919+)))

Notes for Hannah Jane Thomas:
[Received from Curtis Bemis Jr.]

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/cbemis/1/data/1701

More About Hannah Jane Thomas:
Census: Jun 1860, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois11565,11566
Census1: Jun 1880, St. Louis, Missouri11567,11568

More About Stephen Bemis and Hannah Thomas:
Marriage 1: 31 May 1854, Chicago, Ill.11569,11570
Marriage 2: 31 May 1854, Chicago, Illinois11571
     
Children of Stephen Bemis and Hannah Thomas are:
  4439 i.   Fanny Ann9 Bemis11572,11573, born 11 Oct 1855 in Sycamore, Ill.11574; died 14 Oct 193011575. She married Chester Simmons11576,11577 24 Dec 1875 in St. Louis, MO11578; born 26 Dec 1850 in New York, NY11578; died 26 Feb 192111578,11579.
  Notes for Chester Simmons:
EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 90

CHESTER SIMMONS
Chester Simmons was for an extended period active in control of the Minneapolis branch of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company and made for himself a prominent position in the business circles of this city. He was born in the eastern metropolis, his birth occurring December 26, 1850, his parents being Charles Wells and Emily (White) Simmons of New York city. The father was born at Colford, Gloucestershire, England, February 24, 1817, and died at Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, April 15, 1900. He was the eldest of four children born to Joseph Anthony and Amy (Harris) Simmons, the latter the daughter of Rev. George Harris, a Baptist minister, with whom Charles W. Simmons spent much of his early life but later returned to his parents, who were then living near Southampton, England. He was educated in the select boarding school of his uncle, Nathaniel W. Simmons, and later accepted an invitation from a relative in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to come to the new world.

He sailed from Newport, England, October 11, 1832. The voyage was a perilous one of one hundred and twenty days, during which the ship lost its mainmast, foreyard and sails, while part of the cargo was thrown overboard to promote the safety of the passengers. At length, however, the vessel reached Norfolk, Virginia, whence Mr. Simmons, who was sixteen years of age the following day, made his way to the home of his relative, Noah Simmons, in Philadelphia. He served a four years' apprenticeship with Elisha Crowell, a druggist, and during that time attended lectures at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated March 20, 1838. He then returned to England but in less than two years was again in the United States, forming a partnership in January, 1840, with a cousin in the drug business in Philadelphia. The store, however, did not furnish sufficient income for the two and Mr. Simmons then "learned the new and wonderful process of taking daguerreotype likenesses and established himself on Chestnut street as professor of the art." Two years later he became a druggist in Brooklyn, New York, and afterward began the manufacture of straw goods in New York city. In Brooklyn he had married and after five years spent in the metropolis he purchased forty-eight acres on the Hudson, at Riverdale, near Yonkers, there building a beautiful home called "Shadyside." Later he acquired one hundred and sixty acres near Tarrytown, on which he built a palatial residence known as "Oak Park." He afterward spent two years in Yonkers and in 1866 removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in the millinery jobbing business, going thence in 1872 to St. Louis, where he continued in the same line. In October 1875, he became secretary of the St. Louis Cotton Exchange and the following year was also made treasurer, filling both offices for fifteen years. His wife, to whom he was ever most devoted, passed away in October 1891. He survived until April 15, 1900, reaching the venerable age of eighty-three years. They were the parents of fourteen children.

Chester Simmons, one of this number, obtained his education in the schools of Riverdale, Tarrytown and of Yonkers, New York. When fifteen years of age he started out to provide for his own support and on attaining his majority, in 1870, he left the east to become a resident of St. Louis, where he engaged in a wholesale millinery business. Later he went on the road as a traveling salesman for the Bemis Brothers Bag Company and afterward occupied the position of cashier with that firm, while later he became manager in Minneapolis, where he arrived on the 27th of December, 1880, to take charge of the first branch established by the Bemis Brothers Bag Company. He remained in active connection with this business until about four years prior to his death, retiring in May, 1917, and the development of the enterprise here was attributable to his sound judgment, his unfaltering enterprise and his unabating industry.

In 1875 Mr. Simmons was united in marriage to Miss Fanny A. Bemis, a daughter of Stephen A. and Hannah Jane (Thomas) Bemis, the former a native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and the latter of the state of New York. For many years they resided in Illinois and later in San Francisco, California. In 1866 they removed to St. Louis. Missouri, where Stephen A. Bemis and his brother, J. M. Bemis, organized the Bemis Brothers Bag Company, which developed into one of the most important productive industries of this kind in the country. The first branch of the business was established in Minneapolis in 1880, and here Mr. Simmons came to take charge in December of that. year. From that time forward Mr. and Mrs. Simmons occupied a prominent position in the social circles of the city and here the representatives of their family are yet well known. They became the parents of six children, of whom Chester Bemis, the eldest, is now deceased. The others are: Ethel; Lois M., the wife of Clyde G. Williams of Minneapolis; Marmion Judson, a resident of Boston, Massachusetts; Emily Rose, the wife of Dwight L. Akers of Blooming Grove, New York; and Donald B., also living in Minneapolis.

Mr. Simmons gave his political allegiance to the republican party throughout his life, believing firmly in its principles as factors in good government. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist church, its teachings constituting the guiding factor in his relations with his fellowmen. He belonged to the Town and Country Club and the Minneapolis Club and in these organizations gained popularity that resulted from attractive personal qualities and kindly consideration for others at all times. It was on the 26th of February, 1921, that he was called to his final rest, being at that time in the seventy-second year of his age.

It was said of him: "His was a very worthy and useful life; its success was real and it was not gained by resort to methods of doubtful dealing, or the slightest deviation from his code of honor, which was exalted. Day by day he built on the firm foundation of simple duty, honestly, faithfully and conscientiously performed, making no claim of his own righteousness, asking for no commendation, seeking no reward, save that found in the satisfaction, which must have been his, that his labor was not in vain. He bore such burdens as were laid upon him, uncomplainingly, in sorrow and adversity he was sustained by the faith that was in him, and in prosperity and happiness he was not boastful or exalted. Through his ability and energy was built up a large and prosperous establishment, useful in its activity, generous in its dealings, beneficent in the employment it afforded those who worked for it, yet although he took a just pride in its success, to others rather than himself would he ascribe the chief credit for its creation. Such men as this constitute the very salt of the earth; true, consistent and dependable, always to be relied upon to do the fair and generous thing; constant to their ideals and incorruptible. Mr. Simmons was also very highly esteemed. In all relations of his life he was inspired by the highest sense of honor and integrity. He was very modest and unassuming, nevertheless his influence in the community was widely extended and always exerted in behalf of the best ideals. As a friend he was most loyal and faithful, generous in his dealings and kindly in his Judgments. Diligent in business, an epitome of his career in this respect is embodied in an inscription placed beneath his picture which hangs upon the walls of the establishment he so successfully developed, always by the exercise of the most exalted conception of business integrity, which is as follows:

" 'Chester Simmons Forty-two years in Bemis Service.
Manager Minneapolis Factory
1881 to 1917 A Man of Unswerving Loyalty,
Persistent Industry, Graceful Modesty.' "

  More About Chester Simmons:
Date born 2: 1850, New York City11580

  More About Chester Simmons and Fanny Bemis:
Marriage: 24 Dec 1875, St. Louis, MO11581

  4440 ii.   Miriam Farwell Bemis11582, born 27 Sep 1857 in Sycamore, Ill.11582. She married Alonzo Hull11582 16 May 1877 in St. Louis, Mo.11582; born 12 Jan 184411583; died 06 Aug 192911583.
  More About Alonzo Hull and Miriam Bemis:
Marriage: 16 May 1877, St. Louis, Mo.11584

  4441 iii.   Judson Stephen Bemis11585, born 26 Mar 1867 in San Francisco, Calif.11586. He married Martha Nelson Sikes11586 08 Sep 189611586; born 02 Jun 186911586.
  More About Judson Stephen Bemis:
Date born 2: 25 Mar 1867, San Francisco, Cal.11587

  More About Judson Bemis and Martha Sikes:
Marriage: 08 Sep 189611588

  4442 iv.   Mary Sawtelle Bemis11589,11590, born 07 Oct 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri11591; died 26 Sep 1954 in San Diego County, California11592,11593. She married Thomas J. McLemore11594,11595,11596 07 Oct 189711597; born 23 Feb 1852 in Texas11598,11599; died 13 Jan 192911600.
  Notes for Mary Sawtelle Bemis:
[Received from Curtis Bemis Jr.]

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/cbemis/1/data/1707
1880 US Census, Census Place:St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254723 National Archives Film T9-0723 Page 95D First Enumeration
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Steven A. BEMISS Self M M W 52 MA
Occ: Dealer In Cotton Fa: --- Mo: ---
Hannah J. BEMISS Wife F M W 43 NY
Occ: Keeping House Fa: --- Mo: ---
Judson S. BEMISS Son M S W 13 CA
Occ: At School Fa: --- Mo: ---
Mary S. BEMISS Dau F S W 11 MO
Occ: At School Fa: --- Mo: ---
Allice R. BEMISS Dau F S W 6 MO
Occ: At Home Fa: --- Mo: ---
Florance E. BEMISS Dau F S W 4 MO
Occ: At Home Fa: --- Mo: ---
Anna RYON Other F S W 18 MO
Occ: Servant Fa: --- Mo: ---
Mary MC CARTHA Other F S W 21 MS
Occ: Servant
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1900 US Census, St. Louis, Ward 25.St. Louis County,MO; Enum. Dist. 379, p. 7B, lines 78-80
(3849 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri)
McLemore, Thomas, Head,b. Feb. 1852, age 48, m. 2 yrs.,b. TX, parents b. TN, Cashier, Corn Company
Mary B., wife, b. Oct. 1868. age 31, m. 2 yrs., 0 ch. b., 0 ch. living, b. MO, fath. b. Mass., moth. b. NY, no occup.
Mildred, dau., b. Oct. 1884, age 15,single, b. TN, fath. b. TX, moth. b. TN, In School
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1920 US Census, Escondido,San Diego County,CA; Enum. Dist. 217, 2B, lines 78-80
McLemore, Thomas J, Head,age 67, b. TX, parents b. Tenn.,Farmer, Own Farm
Mary B., wife, age 51, b. MO, fath. b. Mass., moth. b. NY, no occup.
Mildred. dau., age 35, single, b. Tenn., fath. b. TX, moth. b. Tenn., Teacher, Kindergarten
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  More About Mary Sawtelle Bemis:
Census: Jun 1880, St. Louis, Missouri11601,11602
Census1: Jun 1900, St. Louius, Missouri11603,11604
Census2: Jan 1920, Escondido, San Diego County, California11605,11606

  Notes for Thomas J. McLemore:
[Received from Curtis Bemis Jr.]

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/cbemis/1/data/1708
1900 US Census, St. Louis, Ward 25.St. Louis County,MO; Enum. Dist. 379, p. 7B, lines 78-80
(3849 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri)
McLemore, Thomas, Head,b. Feb. 1852, age 48, m. 2 yrs.,b. TX, parents b. TN, Cashier, Corn Company
Mary B., wife, b. Oct. 1868. age 31, m. 2 yrs., 0 ch. b., 0 ch. living, b. MO, fath. b. Mass., moth. b. NY, no occup.
Mildred, dau., b. Oct. 1884, age 15,single, b. TN, fath. b. TX, moth. b. TN, In School
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1920 US Census, Escondido,San Diego County,CA; Enum. Dist. 217, 2B, lines 78-80
McLemore, Thomas J, Head,age 67, b. TX, parents b. Tenn.,Farmer, Own Farm
Mary B., wife, age 51, b. MO, fath. b. Mass., moth. b. NY, no occup.
Mildred. dau., age 35, single, b. Tenn., fath. b. TX, moth. b. Tenn., Teacher, Kindergarten
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  More About Thomas J. McLemore:
Census: Jun 1900, St. Louis, Missouri11607,11608
Census1: Jan 1920, Escondido, San Diego County, California11609,11610
Occupation: Jun 1900, Cashier, Corn Company11611,11612

  More About Thomas McLemore and Mary Bemis:
Marriage 1: 07 Oct 189711613
Marriage 2: 07 Oct 1897, St. Louis, Missouri11614

  4443 v.   Alice Ring Bemis11615, born 16 Jul 1873 in St. Louis, Mo.11615. She married Charles Pomeroy Ladd11615 08 Jun 1893 in St. Louis, Mo.11615; born 15 Mar 1868 in Illinois11616.
  Notes for Charles Pomeroy Ladd:
[1900 Census - St. Louis Ward 28 (District 416), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri - June 4, 1900 - page 4A - image 7]
Charles P. Ladd, 32 (March 1868), married 7 years, born in Illinois (parents in New York and Illinois), salesman - shoes;
Alice Ladd, wife, 26 (July 1873), married 7 years, 3 children, 3 living, born in Missouri (parents in Massachusetts and New York);
Chauncey B. Ladd, son, 6 (April 1894), born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Alice P. Ladd, daughter, 2 (August 1897), born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Harry S. Ladd, son, 1 (January 1899), born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
and two servants.

[1910 Census - St. Louis Ward 23 (District 361), St. Louis, Missouri - April 19, 1910 - page 109A - image 7]
Chas. P. Ladd, 42, married 16 years, born in Illinois (parents in New York and Ohio), salesman -shoe company;
Alice R. Ladd, wife, 36, married 16 years, 5 children, 4 living, born in Missouri (parents in Massachusetts and New York);
Chauncey B. Ladd, son, 15, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Alice P. Ladd, daughter, 12, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Harry S. Ladd, son, 11, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Dorothy M. Ladd, daughter, 5, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
and two servants.

[1920 Census - St. Louis (District 454), St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri - January 16, 1920 - page 14A(209) - image 27]
Charles P. Ladd, 50, born in Illinois (parents in New York and Ohio), salesman - wholesale shoes;
Alice R. Ladd, wife, 46, born in Missouri (parents in Massachusetts and New York);
Chauncey B. Ladd, son, 25, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri), clerk - paper co.?;
Alice P. Ladd, daughter, 22, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Harry S. Ladd, son, 21, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
Dorothy M. Ladd, daughter, 15, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri);
and one cook.

[1930 Census - St. Louis Districts 1-250 (District 137), St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri - April 14, 1930 - page 16B - image 32] (listed under Charles D. Ladd)
Charles P. Ladd, 60, married at 23, born in Illinois (parents in New York and Ohio), shoe salesman;
Alice R. Ladd, wife, 56, married at 19, born in Missouri (parents in New York);
Chauncey B. Ladd, son, 36, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri), general laborer;
Susan M. Ladd, sister, 72, born in Illinois (parents in New York and Ohio);
a cook and a maid;
Harry S. Ladd, son, 30, born in Missouri (parents in Illinois and Missouri), geologist - gulf oil co.

  More About Charles Ladd and Alice Bemis:
Marriage: 08 Jun 1893, St. Louis, Mo.11617

  4444 vi.   Florence Edson Bemis11617, born 06 Jun 1875 in St. Louis, Mo.11617; died 28 Jul 192111618. She married Elliot Kingman Ludington11618 09 Jun 1898 in St. Louis, MO11618; born 08 Jun 187611618.
  More About Elliot Ludington and Florence Bemis:
Marriage: 09 Jun 1898, St. Louis, MO11618



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